Periagoge
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The Examined Jokes and their structure: What happens when you stop laughing and start looking? Deconstruct the jokes you love most, find out why they work, and gain the uncomfortable clarity that comes with understanding the trick.

Deconstruct your favorite jokes and uncover the hidden mechanics behind laughter. Learn what makes humor work and gain uncomfortable clarity about the tric

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Concepts in this course
Concept
Literalism as Comic Method
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The Bridge Between Absurdity and Truth
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The Economy of Minimal Words
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The Fool's Perspective Inversion
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The Listener's Complicity in Meaning-Making
AI prompts in this course
AI Prompt
Jokes and their structure and the Choices You're Making
AI Prompt
What Would You Tell Someone Just Starting with Jokes and their structure?
AI Prompt
What's Holding You Back with Jokes and their structure?
AI Prompt
A Hard Question About Jokes and their structure
AI Prompt
What Do You Actually Want with Jokes and their structure?
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